Developmental Skills

Stacking

Weplay Apple Links is a building block set consisting of lightweight green and red cubes (apples), 2 sizes of brown plastic bumpy rods (caterpillars), green foam ovals (leaves), and a wooden needle (caterpillar) and thread. The “apples” have a holes on each side and corners for builders to insert “caterpillars” or needle and thread to attach other “apples” or “leaves” to build their own abstract creations or representations of other real world objects.

PlanToys has created a unique and space themed puzzle with their Stacking Rocket. In order to get the rocket ready for liftoff, children must build up the rocket using the large and colorful outer pieces as well as the small uncolored inner pieces—which are deisgned as different geometric shapes. Only with the inner and outer pieces properly arranged will the rocket be stable enough to place the astronaut and nose cone on for space travel. The puzzle is composed of 9 pieces total, and the toy is a certified sustainable wooden toy, using organic color and non-formaldehyde glue.

Don’t let the cookies crumble! Cookie Festival is a construction game all about balance. Kids can balance the four different colored cookiemen in red, white, yellow and green on top of the rocking Banana Base for a game of stacking. The cookiemen have arms and legs that fit together like a 3D puzzle, providing a variety of stacking options with or without the Banana Base to inspire creativity. The included user guide provides play suggestions as well as additional information about the product related to child development.

Miniland Educational’s Emotiblocks are colorful blocks that assemble into different characters that can represent 6 different emotions. With the different hair, face, and body pieces that come together to form the complete figure, there are over 100 different character combinations that can be made. Emotiblocks come with a guide as well as activity cards to prompt playtime when needed.

Sport Stacking with Speed Stacks(R)! Using 12 sturdy plastic cups (called Speed Stacks) up stack and down stack in predetermined sequences as fast as you can. StackMat(R) competition timer, instructional DVD and sport carrying bag for the cups are all included in this package. Play independently, on a team, or challenge a peer. Speed Stacks, Inc. has a website designated just for educators/therapists/professionals.

Wee Wedgits is a five-piece stacking toy. The pieces are solid colors and made out of a soft, lightweight poly-vinyl. Three of the pieces have an opening in the center making it easier for a child to grasp.

This brightly colored 22 piece wooden block set consists of six stackable disks. Each of the disks is made up of various curved shapes. Included with the blocks are a set of 48 picture cards which depict diagrams of different objects that can be constructed with the blocks, thus extending traditional block play. These picture cards are coded in order to delineate differing levels of play and difficulty. Every picture card is multilingual, having the title of each picture card appear in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish translations.

Plastic paddle boat with a full removable top that includes 12 accessory pieces: captain, life preserver, fishing rod with hook, four fish, three nesting cups, an octopus comb and a whale nailbrush. The paddle on the back can be wound up for self-propulsion in water. Phthalate-free, BPA-free and lead-free.